Sharp County record., 1887-10-13

Shl1ob'
DIR. Sullivan came in from home
Tuesday evening. He is just getting
over spell of malarial fever and looks
thin.
Persons who have specimens to send
to the Ex position should bring them IN
TO the chairman of the county commit
tee or forward them to Little Rock, by
the Goth inst.
Geo W, Franks, an insane person
from Sharp county, admitted to the In
sane Asylum in 1884, died on the 18th OF
Sentember last, and was buried in the
Asylum Cemetery.
Several parties from Evening Shade
are attending the Batesville fair. Carroll
Shaver and family, Neely Shaver and
sons, Johnny Abernethy, and L. l.
Medley are among those who went.
flames Buchanan, who lives near
Sidney, was thrown from mule few
DAYS ago and severely injured, DR.. Cox
was called, who reports the case out OF
danger,
Miss Mollie Gordon has just closed
her school at Bear Creek ol-house'
We are glad to learn from patrons Of the
school that she gave entire satisfaction,
and the directors in that district recon-
mend Miss Mollie as teacher to the
people of the county.
"A family from Missouri named Hat,
ten has been stopping in town about a
week on account of the serious illness OF
a little girl, member of the family
They are said to be in straitened circum-
stances, besides the distress OF sickness,
and deeds of charity are in order. GRE
member the stranger within thy. ates
"A protracted meeting has been pro-
crossing at Hardy for the past few days.
conducted by Revs. Moon and Troy. The
latter returned home Tuesday evening
and reported a profitable harvest.
Among the number who attached them
selves to the church were Col. W. c.
Adams and G. F. Turney. The Lord be
praised
Last Tuesday evening Judge Butler
paid the RECORD Office pleasant call,
The Judge has reasons to feel proud OF
tue manner in which business has been
dispatched at this court A mmder case
disposed of in one day; and the following
day rape case was tried and verdict
returned. In short, more business than
usual was gone through with in shorter
time than any previous court, and no
body was hurried.
1t is with feelings of sadness that
we chronicle the death of Mrs, Belle
Rudy, wife of DR.. Rudy Of Smithville,
who died last Thursday, Oct. 6, 1887
Dr.. Bacon was called from Evening
Shade, but medical aid was of no avail
The spirit took its flight to the God who
gave it, and now beckons friends and
loved ones to more peaceful shore. The
RECORD offers that consolation to the
grief stricken that hearth sympathy
can give.
Last Thursday night as Tom Har-
din and wife, the newly married couple,
came to town horseback, accompanied by
two young couples, the mule Tom rode
took fright and bucked him off against a
fence, dislocating a shoulder and bruls-
ing up his head and face considerably.
He was carried to the residence of DR..
Craig, where his wounds were dressed
by DR.. Bacon, and the hurts are now
nicely healing.
Joe Tracey, colored, who killed Per-
ry Minis at Hardy last April, while
shooting at another negro, was indicted
for murder in the first degree, last week,
and his case was taken up last Satu rday,
and by 5 o'clock the jury before whom
the case was tried was out considering G
verdict, and by dusk the following ver-
dict was read to the court: "We, the
jury, find the defendant guilty of MUIR
der in the second degree, and assess his
punishment at five years in the state
penitentiary.' Thus ended the shortest
murder trial on record